Summary: Kiwi is an under-rated fruit: fuzzy on the outside, sweet and tangy on the inside. Kindness is one of the most under-rated fruit of the Spirit.

Kiwi is an under-rated fruit - fuzzy on the outside, sweet and tangy on the inside. Kindness is one of the most under-rated fruit of the Spirit - everyone talks about "being kind to one another, being kind to your neighbor, being kind to animals, etc." But very few people can define kindness specifically, let alone practice it. I have five books on the "Fruit" and none of them has a definition of the word per se. Here are a few possibilities which will help us to understand:

"Love your enemies and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore, be merciful, just as Your Father is merciful."

Notice the importance of being kind - even to those who don’t deserve it.

Our example is King David and his kindness to Jonathan’s son (2 Sam. 9).

David wanted to show kindness to anyone left from the house of Saul. Mephibosheth was the only son left, but there was a problem: he had become lame in both feet after his fall at age five when his nurse was fleeing with him from Gibeah at the news Saul and Jonathan’s death (2 Sam. 4). He had very low self-esteem and considered himself to be worthless (9:8). He was also fearful when David called for him to come, for it was the custom in the ancient Middle East for founders of new dynasties to have the children of former rulers put to death. They did this to stop any attempt to regain the throne in the name of their family.